Gregory Nowak wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > The device will still have an ethernet address whether you assigned > > one to it or not. It is not necessary for you to assign one since one > > has already been assigned by default. (From the vendor. Or in the > > case of virtual hardware from the software that created the > > simulation.) > > Uhhm, no. Uhm... Yes. > # ifconfig tun0 > tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 Silly bear! That is the tun device. Never tunnel the tun device. > The above is from the VPS, with the openvpn connection from the laptop > running. This is a tun device, which doesn't require a MAC address at > all to function as I understand it. Right. Which does not have anything to do with the way proxy arp is set up. > I thought this over again with my brain fresher in the afternoon than > it was last night, and you are right, it would work in this situation > as long as the tun device had a MAC address of course. Do not attempt to proxy arp the tunnel device. That way leads to madness. I am going to stop here. You are good to go. I am so very short of time right now that I don't have more time to play. Sorry. You have found a perfectly fine way to proceed. I am sorry I ever mentioned any alternative methods. Bob
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